Intelligence agent Marlin Beck knows a fact so significant, so critical that he simply has to pass it on to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for action.There's only one problem: Beck soon finds himself in the hospital and is in no condition to pass anything on to anybody. But the CIA has a pair of analysts who are more than capable of figuring out what Beck had uncovered: Mitch and Polly McKenna. The McKennas believe the mission will be an easy one. But, as often happens with Mitch and Polly, all is not as straightforward as it seems, and their assumptions almost always prove to be wrong. This time Polly's old nemesis, Elliott Brenner, is back in the game. And this time he will not fail to land a final blow.In Book Three, the McKennas will have more than Beck's memories to recover. They will also be forced to "brave the straits" of their increasingly bumpy marriage...one built on a foundation of sketchy disclosures about Polly's past.